Not to sher on meet up I'm up in globe but if a gang farmer starts up in pheonix I am more than willing to suport on what I hope will be a great season planning on catching as many species as well as as much as I can started by getting 50 test tubes for only 5 bucks for the first flight will get more if season is fruitful got tons of room for formicarium and it is a nice basement so regulated temp any tips on building formicarium and out worlds?

hi all just wanted to give a status update saw some ant movement today around my kids school I will try and post some pics I took but to me it looks like just some foraging at first I thought they were widening entrance for elites but after touching the soil it wa as hard as rock and not loose at all walked away for mabe 10-20 min when I came back almost all retreated back in but still had guards at enterance

At least we know they are getting more active, There is an ant colony in my front yard and there are slightly more ants then usual. I'll keep an eye on them, but if I see an elite, I'm hesitant about catching them in case they just gotten out and haven't mated yet.

Nothing so far, like stated earlier. I been keeping my eye on an ant colony out in my front yard. No change in activity, the colony's surface is still hard (Which I believe should soften up when nuptial flight begins, may be wrong though). And the entrance remains small. No queen ants have been spotted either.